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The study also revealed that there was significant relationship between principal’s leadership behaviour and
secondary school effectiveness. The reason for this might be due to the fact that principals are the men at the
helms of the affairs of the schools and would always want the schools to achieve the goals for which they are
established. Where the principals provide a good leadership of the school, sees to members of staff welfare,
relates very well with both the teachers and the students, this will facilitate conducive environment for teaching
and learning. This finding is in support of Purkey and Smith (1983) and Cruz (1985).
CONCLUSION and RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that the leadership behaviour of the principals in secondary
schools in southwest Nigeria is very encouraging which depicts the transformational leader. It was also
concluded that the schools were effective in the affective and the psychomotor domains but not effective in the
cognitive domain.
It was recommended that school principals should not relent in their efforts in sustaining the leadership
behaviour in the school system. It was also recommended that the government and all the stakeholders in the
secondary education system should also try to uphold the tempo of the performance of the students in the
affective and the psychomotor domains while frantic efforts should be made at improving upon the level of
cognitive achievement of the students. High level of performance in the three domains of learning is what the
schools must strive to achieve.
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